Day 177 – 30th September 2014 Varanasi

After a late start to the day yesterday we were out by 11 and straight down to the Ganges to walk the 2 – 3 km along all of the main Ghats, there are many ghats with different activities from washing clothes at one to taking water buffalo for a swim and cool off in […]

Day 176 – 29th September 2014 Varanasi

Wow, I’m in Varanasi:) A lazy day procrastinating about what time to leave the hostel as chilling out was favourable. Oli had further repairs to carry out on his bike with the help of a fellow overlander. It was 3.30pm When we left and walked the 15 mins to the nearest Gaht where we absorbed […]

Day 173 – 26th September 2014 Leave 4pm Miles rode Delhi – Agra

Holy cow! Other than the odd trip around Delhi or ‘scooter safari’ in Sri Lanka it was one month ago that I rode my bike and it felt great to pack everything up, say my goodbyes and head off. Oli had to change the cam belt on his bike so he headed off early and […]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a great country to travel in, the people are very friendly and there’s so much to see and do from the beautiful beaches to historical sightseeing. Everyone in Sri Lanka is so happy, I don’t think I’ve seen such a high percentage of people smile in a country before. Other than Colombo […]

Day 165 – 18th September 2014 Galle (Sri Lanka)

A chilled out morning looking around the old fort talking to the fishermen. Oli turned up in the afternoon and at 4pm it started to rain so we found a great ‘local bar’, I think we left there at 10.30.